Since I was a child I was always thinking about where we have come from. Why do we exist? Where do we go from here? What are all those stars in the sky?
I remember one dark summer night, the sky was clear. I could literally see millions of stars. I was about 5 or 6 years old. I asked my mother, what are these entire shining stars? She gave me a very simple answer: “These are all God’s creation. So I asked who or what is god? She responded by saying: God is the creator of the universe, the earth and its species.
Normally kids accept these simplistic answers and move on. But I was not convinced. As months and years went by I kept on asking questions about god and religion, from different people, and I never got any answer that satisfied me. At the end of any conversation and argument about god and religion I would normally get highly typical answers: “You don’t question God, religion and profits, you just accept it. You have to have faith. Your brain is too small to understand God.” One highly religious person once told me that my questions are evil!
So I realized that majority of people accept god and religion blindly, regardless of what science teaches them, and no matter how contradictory religious concepts are.
Since the whole concept of god and religion did not make much sense to me I began to think about their origins. How did it get started? I realize that there are a lot of theories and all kinds of material that has been written, but I am going to tell you about my own theory and it’s very simple.
We don’t have to go to far back in time to figure out where the concept of god has probably come from. Modern civilization along with recent advancements in science and technology has unraveled a lot of what used to be considered as mysteries. Going back a few thousand years, people didn’t know where the rain comes from, why it snows, what is a thunder, earthquake and other natural disasters. What is the sun, the moon, and the list goes on… They didn’t know that the earth is round and have no end! They could not understand the biological, chemical or physical phenomenon or defects. Surely they wanted to know what all these natural phenomena are all about.
So the most logical explanation to all such observations must have been to believe that there is a higher power up in the sky, one that controls life on earth. If there was a drought and they kept on praying to god for rain, then when it actually rained, they thought their prayers were answered and god was kind to them. If there was a thunder storm, or an earthquake or any other natural disaster they thought that god (or gods) is angry and want to punish them for their sins or a sin of an individual (hence the act of sacrifice)
Since men were always stronger physically, they believed that god must be a man too. Perhaps a big grey haired man who has power and wisdom, and decides on everything that happens to the world and its creatures.
So they prayed to their god up in the skies. Meanwhile some individuals realized that if they claim they have revelation from god they could personally benefit from it and religion was born. Although today people are dominated by a few major religions and their braches, in the past each tribe had their own god and religion.
Today we know so much about life and its origins yet the traditions of religion remain the same. People still pray to the god up in heavens, certain individuals still profit from it and the story goes on….
Religion is now more than just an answer to life mysteries. It is a big business. It’s a tool to brainwash minds, it’s a way to divide people, create hatred and start wars. Religion is now part of a political game to manipulate nations and their people. It’s now all about controlling people and profiting form it too. If you can make people actually believe that the world was created only a few thousand years ago and dinosaurs were playing with children, then you can make them believe in anything!
I still don’t know why we are here and why we exist. But I do know that the concept of god and religion is not the answer. There is so much evidence to nullify the theory of creationism. Evolution is a more plausible theory and scientific facts cannot be denied.
